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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™
SD OSEU | OSEU 3: Culture & Language
The origin, thought and philosophy of the Oceti Sakowin continues in the contemporary
lifestyles of Tribal members. Tribal cultures, traditions and languages are incorporated and
observed by many Tribal members both on and off the reservations.
(*This Unit Plan is tentatively based on student performance and schedule changes due to
weather. Planned for Week 9 Quarter 3 through Week 1 Quarter 4.)
Compelling Question
What are the sacred sites of the Oceti Sakowin and where are they located?
Standards and Practices
6.NS.6c – Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a
horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers
and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane.
6.EE.9 – Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that
change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one
quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity,
thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the
dependent and independent variables using graphs, tables, and relate these to
the equation.
OSEU Standard 3.3 – Recall Oceti Sakowin sacred sites, creation stories, and
star knowledge and describe how they relate to each other, and how they are
still used today on and off the reservation.
Staging the Question
How many of you have been to Bear Butte, Pe’ Sla, Inya Kaga, (Devils Tower),
Wind Cave, Black Elk Peak?
Supporting Question 1
Supporting Question 2
Supporting Question 3
Where are the Oceti Sakowin sacred
sites?
Can you use coordinates to locate the
Oceti Sakowin sacred sites on a map?
How long would it take to travel to
the sacred sites from the Todd
County Middle School?
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Formative Performance Task
Day 1
1. Students listen to the Lakota
Origin and Sacredness of
Water stories by Duane
Hollow Horn Bear and Velma
Killsback: Bear Butte &
Cekpapi to build background
Day 2
1. Review x and y-axis, the four
quadrants on a grid, ordered
pairs, and how to name points
on a grid (coordinates).
2. Using paired coordinates,
students will locate the Oceti
Day 3
1. Calculate student rate of
speed in miles per hour (walk
1 time around the track and
multiply by 4)
2. Use their speed to create a
table using an independent
variable – time (x) and
of Lakota culture and origin of
the Sacred Sites.
2. Read Lakota Origin Story by
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
3. Use a map of South Dakota
and Western Wyoming to
locate the Oceti Sakowin
sacred sites.
Sakowin sacred sites on a
map.
3. Using a grid map, students will
name the coordinates of the
Oceti Sakowin sacred sites.
dependent variable (y) –
distance.
3. Use data from the table to
make a graph that represents
the time it takes to walk to
each of the Oceti Sakowin
sacred sites.
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
Featured Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
DG_2yT3FaEs
http://sioux.org/lakota-creation-
story.html
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu
-four/the-story-of-bear-butte-and-
cekpapi-with-velma-kills-back/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oseu
-5-origin-story-with-duane-hollow-
horn-bear/
http://www.wolakotaproject.org/oceti
-sakowin-essential-understanding-
one/oseu-one-interview-with-duane-
hollow-horn-bear/
https://shakopeedakota.org/sacred-
site-persquo-sla-gains-indian-land-
status/
https://www.blackhillsvacations.com/
plan-your-visit/black-hills-maps
http://www.kotatv.com/content/news/
Tribes-win-federal-trust-status-for-
Pe-Sla-property-in-Black-Hills-
417068793.html
https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/ma
th/gomath/na/gr6/interactive_student
_edition_9780544083059_/book_page
s/te/index1.html
https://www.blackhillsvacations.com/
plan-your-visit/black-hills-maps
http://www.kotatv.com/content/news/
Tribes-win-federal-trust-status-for-
Pe-Sla-property-in-Black-Hills-
417068793.html
https://www.blackhillsvacations.co
m/plan-your-visit/black-hills-maps
https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/m
ath/gomath/na/gr6/interactive_stude
nt_edition_9780544083059_/book_p
ages/te/index1.html
https://www.google.com/search?ei=-
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stance+walking+from+mission+SD+
to+Wind+Cave%2C+SD&oq=dista
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Summative
Performance Task
Argument
Final product from day 2: a map of
the Black Hills correctly labeled with
the 5 mentioned sacred sites,
coordinates that correctly locate
each site on the finished map, and an
explanation on how to use the map
to correctly locate the sacred sites
using coordinates.
Students create a animal from the
story: The Great Race using
coordinates and plotting them
correctly on a graph.
Extension
1. Create a map with a grid of the
Rosebud Reservation. The map must
include coordinates for your
community, Todd County Middle
School, IHS, Buches, Sinte Gleska,
Pow-wow Grounds, Crazy Horse
Canyon, Casino, Buecher Memorial
Lakota Museum, and these
communities: Parmelee, Antelope,
Rosebud, Okreek, Saint Francis and
Olsonville.
2. Write the coordinates of each
location from the map.
Taking Informed Action
Show others how to us a graph, map and coordinates to locate places of
interest.
Source provenance: TCMS.OSEU3Math-1.pdf · WoLakota Project archive. Reformatted for this collection.